3.07.2012
Israelis critical of Netanyahu Iran-Holocaust comparison Christian Science Monitor
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The Nazi Holocaust of World War II is a delicate and charged topic in Israel, and many felt Benjamin Netanyahu's repeated equating of the Nazis with the possible modern-day threat of a nuclear-armed Iran went too far. By Daniel Estrin, Associated Press ...
Arab Spring and Iran Tensions Leave Palestinians Sidelined New York Times
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - In the 14 months since revolution has spread across the Middle East and tension has soared over Iran's nuclear program, the Palestinian leadership has found itself orphaned. Politically divided, its peace talks with Israel ...
China warns Iran again on nuclear aims Reuters
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BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Tuesday repeated a warning that Beijing is opposed to Iran possessing nuclear weapons, but defended Tehran's right to peaceful nuclear power. Yang, speaking at a news conference held ...
A Pew poll found that 84 percent of scientists believe there's manmade global warming, compared to 49 percent of the general public.
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By / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Conservative white men are almost twice as likely as other US adults to say that man is not the primary cause of global warming, according to an analysis of Gallup polling data by sociologists Riley E. Dunlap and Aaron ...
Cheetah struggling to reproduce due to climate change, scientists warn The Guardian
The Guardian -
The world's fastest animal, the African cheetah, is losing its ability to reproduce because of climate change, according to Kenyan researchers.
'Climate change a security threat' NewsDay
NewsDay -
Parliamentarians from African Union (AU) member states have been urged to consider climate change as a security threat and integrate issues affecting the environment into national policies to reduce the effects on livelihoods and the economy.
Over 70 percent of Australians believe that human activity is contributing to climate change MarketWatch
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SYDNEY, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- While over 70 percent of Australians believe that human activity is contributing to climate change, few know how to take action to prevent it. That's where a new Ektron-powered website ...
Climate change will stress water supplies Water World
Water World -
US scientists say climate change may bring unsustainable demands on the world's groundwater supply for agriculture, industry and drinking water.
3.06.2012
Beijing Bike-Sharing System to be HUGE planetsave
Posted: 05 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PST
Beijing’s planning a bike-sharing program that will give other top bike-sharing programs in the world a run for their money (as in, will be up there with the top bike-sharing programs in the world in size and scale).
Stations for the program have been “spotted being installed in the Dongcheng and Chaoyang [...]
Dead reef too high a price to pay The Australian - 6 hours ago Environmental pressures from mining, dredging, shipping, population growth and ocean acidification are well known and require a considered response. Does resources boom affect Great Barrier Reef?ABC Online
The Australian -
Environmental pressures from mining, dredging, shipping, population growth and ocean acidification are well known and require a considered response.
Scotland can meet renewable electricity targetsH&V News
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The draft Electricity Policy Generation Statement (EGPS) released by the Scottish government sets a number of targets and requirements, including a pledge to deliver "at least" 100% of gross electricity consumption from renewables by 2020, ...
China sheds rare light on fate of long-detained dissident Reuters India
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Ethnic Mongolians, who make up less than 20 percent of the roughly 24 million population of Inner Mongolia, have long complained that traditional grazing lands have been ruined by mining and desertification, and that the government has marginalized ...
Chevron Gas Rig Explosion Is Killing Us - Koluama Communities AllAfrica.com
AllAfrica.com -
Like his minister earlier did, he reiterated the commitment of his administration to environmental management, promising to ensure that erosion and desertification
USDA Offers Farmers More Money For Land Conservation WBUR
WBUR -
The signing bonuses are part of the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which is aimed at preventing soil erosion and loss of wildlife habitat. But farmers have been pulling their land out of the program because for the past few years they've ...
HOW CHRISTLIKE!!! 'Germans Are Willing to Pay' for Renewable Energies Spiegel Online
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Röttgen: More than 90 percent of Germans want that, and they're right, because there's a better alternative. SPIEGEL: Then why are you doing so little to ensure that the phase-out is a success?
Green Jobs: Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Predicted to Increase Green-Buildings.com
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Powin Energy's Vice President of Operations, Michael Morse, said, ""This important effort will help accelerate the development of innovative solutions that support our region's renewable energy goals." The Department of Energy's commitment to defining ...
'We create electricity off of your rotting garbage' KATU
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“Methane gas is just a natural, reoccurring gas,” said operator Doug Hoover at the Short Mountain Methane Power Plant in Eugene on Monday.
Gestapo Israel threatens solar power project in West Bank ElectroIQ
Israel threatens solar power project in West Bank
ElectroIQ -
The joy of Palestinian farmer Ali Musalam did not last long when Israel ordered the removal of all solar energy cells that for the first time lighted his home in a village near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Top 6 Countries Using Solar Energy PlanetSave.com
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By Tom Chu On March 6, 2012 Using solar energy has numerous advantages, and that's why many countries have decided to use more renewable energy rather than rely on other forms of energy that are running out.
Solar Power in Europe Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee -
By Reportlinker Solar power remains a hot topic in the European energy debate. Falling costs mean that solar energy is getting closer to grid parity.
Raytheon to Supply Wind Turbine Mitigation Technology to the Netherlands ... Bradenton Herald
Bradenton Herald -
Wind turbines' rotating blades generate large, moving, false targets that can deluge radars, rendering it difficult for controllers to discriminate between false and genuine aircraft targets.
Columbia Gorge wind farm opponents may go to court CBS News
CBS News -
Chris Gregoire on Monday approved plans for a wind farm on the north side of the Columbia River Gorge over the objections of conservation groups and neighboring landowners, who fear the project will create unwanted noise, harm endangered species ...
Get involved, empower girls CANOE
CANOE -
Investing in girls, especially in their education, can literally transform lives and end global poverty, says Roberts. An educated girl will be more likely to marry later and have fewer, healthier children.
I'm Skeptical: World's nations achieve UN goal to improve access to safe drinking waterWashington Post
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The goal of reducing by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water has been achieved, well ahead of the 2015 deadline for reaching the globally agreed development targets aimed at ridding the world of extreme poverty, ...
Wind-power companies lose luster with investors San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle -
The weather's getting worse for wind-power companies, which are finding it increasingly difficult to attract venture backers.
Excellent Stats on FY 2010-2012 Renewables Investments. tpg org
Limbaugh is wrong. Clean energy isn’t just the future of the 21st century economy, it’s driving the present.
In 2010, global investment in wind, solar, and biomass energy hit $187 billion, exceeding the $157 billion spent on fossil fuel energy. U.S. solar installations more than doubled in 2011. U.S. wind power capacity represents more than 20 percent of the world’s installed wind power. Over 400 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. make components for wind turbines. In July, 2011, the Brookings Institute found that the green energy sector has had “explosive job gains” since 2003.
Limbaugh’s attitudes about energy, like his opinions about women, are stuck in the 19th century.
In 2010, global investment in wind, solar, and biomass energy hit $187 billion, exceeding the $157 billion spent on fossil fuel energy. U.S. solar installations more than doubled in 2011. U.S. wind power capacity represents more than 20 percent of the world’s installed wind power. Over 400 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. make components for wind turbines. In July, 2011, the Brookings Institute found that the green energy sector has had “explosive job gains” since 2003.
Limbaugh’s attitudes about energy, like his opinions about women, are stuck in the 19th century.
Visitors, invasive species and climate change threaten pristine Antarctica Bizcommunity.com
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(Image: Andrew Mandemaker, via Wikimedia Commons) Changing climates are making matters worse, and are making it easier for these plants to establish, to become invasive, and to ultimately disturb the naturally occurring Antarctic ecosystems.
Climate Change Could Cause 900 Tropical Bird Species to go Extinct International Business Times
International Business Times -
By Amir Khan: Subscribe to Amir's RSS feed Up to 900 species of tropical birds could go extinct by the year 2100 because of climate change, according to a new study. The expected average temperature increase of 6.3 degree Fahrenheit (3.5 degree ...
3.05.2012
Breaking: Two Arrested for Blocking Tar Sands “Megaloads” in Idaho It's Getting Hot In Here
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News from Moscow Idaho, two arrested blockading Exxon's megaload trucks bound with tar sands equipment for Alberta. Four remarkably brave activists eluded the barricades and put their bodies between enormous Alberta tar sands upgrader parts and the ...
Solar Power Will Save University $1.6 Million EarthTechling
EarthTechling -
National University, one of California's largest private, nonprofit colleges, recently announced the completion of optimized rooftop and carport solar power systems at two of its campuses in San Diego that are expected to generate more than 1.4 million ...
Japanese Developers Find Growing Interest in Homes With Solar Panels New York Times
New York Times -
That is what happened with “solar apartments,” residential buildings that have solar panels on their roofs. Now, such buildings are being aggressively promoted by some Japanese developers.
Wind energy output reaches record high in Spain REVE
REVE -
Wind farm broke a record in February in Spain with wind turbines achieing their highest-ever electricity outpu. The wind power industry prevents 260 million euros of income transfers abroad. Wind power accounts for 21.7% of Spain's electricity demand.
I'm extremely skeptical, however: Ending Poverty in Our Time (VIDEO) Huffington Post
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1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty today. That's a staggering amount, but let's put those numbers in perspective: In 1981 52 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty. Today it's 26 percent. Again, that means we have cut the number in half, ...
Archbishop of Canterbury Insists Tackling AIDS Has Wider Social Implications Christian Post
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By Ivana Kvesic , Christian Post Reporter The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, discussed the importance of combating HIV/AIDS in tackling global poverty and and its implications on gender roles and minority rights at a town hall meeting at ...
Growing population will increase global climate challenges MIT News
MIT News -
As populations across the world grow, new research out of MIT shows the rising influence of large or developing countries in shaping our future global challenges. MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change's 2012 Energy and Climate ...
ROFL Title: When Romney Talks, Mitt Happens Huffington Post
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Mitt Romney has the opposite problem that Al Gore Jr. had. When Gore was whipping America into a stupor long in 2000, the vice president's aides assured us that behind closed doors he was one funny dude.
I HAVE NO COMMENT ON THE ARTICLE - HAVEN'T READ IT.
Hunger strikers joined by prominent figure in fight for Chinese democracy Tibet Post International
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Dharamsala: On day ten of the Indefinite Hunger Strike in New York, Tibetan protestors were joined by Dr. Yang Jianli, President of Initiative for China and Research Fellow at Harvard.
Israelis deny winter clothing for Palestinian on hunger strike gulfnews.com
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Ramallah: The Israeli Prison Service has refused winter clothing for Hanaa Shalabi as a punishment for the woman who refuses to end her 19-day hunger strike, family sources said. Speaking to Gulf News, Omar Yahya Shalabi, Hanaa's brother, ...
Students strike enters Day 6,still no word from colleges Indian Express indian express
Indian Express -
Even as students' hunger strike to protest against charging of fees from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), other backward caste (OBC) and other students from the reserved categories entered its sixth day on Monday, the 120 students are yet to ...
Palestine: Israeli soldiers invade Jenin, nearby areas, break into homes The Muslim News
The Muslim News -
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Jenin refugee camp, and a number of nearby areas, broke into and searched several homes; no arrests were reported.
Environmentalists push climate change suits on behalf of kids KPLU
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By Jessica Robinson Nelson Kanuk, a 16 year old from Kipnuk, Alaska, has a lawsuit against the state of Alaska that aims to force the state to reduce carbon emissions.
Climate change is a geopolitical "threat multiplier," UK climate envoy said 89.3 KPCC
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A senior official in the British Royal Navy came to Southern California last week with a message about how climate change can affect political stability.
Accident shuts down New Lenox Tar Sands pipeline Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune -
Line 14/64's capacity is equal to about 3 percent of total US oil imports. It carries a range of oil, including light synthetic derived from the Alberta tar sands as well as light, medium and heavy conventional oil. Several US Midwest refineries could ...
The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom. Rolling Stone
The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom. It’s not only toxic – it’s driven by a right-wing billionaire who profits more from flipping land than drilling for gas. Aubrey McClendon
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-big-fracking-bubble-the-scam-behind-the-gas-boom-20120301#ixzz1oG2pdc8c
Why Obama Is Wrong About Natural Gas RollingStone.com
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3. It argues that switching to natural gas will reduce the risk of global warming. True, burning natural gas
The Natural Gas Fracking Bubble & Scam (Fracking Ponzi Scheme?) CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica -
Even worse, new studies suggest that because of fugitive emissions of methane from wellheads and pipelines, natural gas may actually be no better than coal when it comes to global warming. 'I was an early optimist about natural gas,' says Robert ...
2011, American renewable energy investment in solar energy and wind power technologies dominated the global market REVE
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In 2011, American renewable energy investment in solar energy and wind power technologies dominated the global market, propelling the United States past China into the leadership.
Fuel for thought - MIT Economist - STOP ARTIFICIALLY DEFLATING GAS PRICE PhysOrg.com
Note, YES, sLoving took liberties in the title incinerating some of the political correctness in the article.
Fuel for thought
PhysOrg.com -
You can point to this and say, 'Here is a more immediate, salient reason for a gas tax.'” According to Knittel and Sandler, 70 percent of the costs of a gas tax of $1 per gallon could be recouped by immediate health benefits from reduced pollution.
Must-Read: Economist William Nordhaus Slams Global Warming Deniers, Explains ... ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress -
By Joe Romm on Mar 2, 2012 at 11:42 am Yale economist William Nordhaus has eviscerated the 16 scientists who wrote a disinformation-filled Wall Street Journal piece in late January.
3.04.2012
Netanyahu says he appreciates Obama's positions on Iran Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post -
By HERB KEINON Ottawa -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said an hour after Obama's speech to AIPAC Sunday that "he very much appreciates that fact that [US President Barack] Obama reiterated the position that Iran must not be allowed to develop ...
STUNNING PEACE MAKER: Obama: I make no apologies for pursuing peace Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post -
COM STAFF US President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "make[s] no apologies for pursuing peace" between Israelis and Palestinians.
Insurers Confirm Global Warming Is Real, Continued Political Paralysis Costly The Moderate Voice
The Moderate Voice -
I.) on Friday, before the weekend's mayhem, see humans as a cause: “From our industry's perspective, the footprints of climate change are around us and the trend of increasing damage to property and threat to lives is clear,” said Franklin Nutter, ...
Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf Crack Shows Dramatic Calving Process (VIDEO) Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
The Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in western Antarctica is in the process of "calving" a massive iceberg that, when it breaks away, will have an area of about 350 square miles (900 square kilometers) -- 15 times the size of Manhattan.
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